v60_0216 - DAUPHINÉ - DAUPHINS OF VIENNOIS - LOUIS II Écu d'or

DAUPHINÉ - DAUPHINS OF VIENNOIS - LOUIS II Écu d or XF

MONNAIES 60 (2013)
Starting price : 2 500.00 €
Estimate : 3 500.00 €
Realised price : 2 500.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 4 010.00 €

Type : Écu d'or

Date: c. 1445-1456

Mint name / Town : Montélimar

Metal : gold

Diameter : 26,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 3,29 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Cet écu d’or est frappé sur un flan assez large et légèrement voilé. Quelques motifs apparaissent en négatif sur la face opposée

Catalogue references :

Bd.1093 (50 f.) - PA.4978 (111/19)

Obverse

Obverse legend : (LIS) LVDOVICVSX DALBHINVSX VIENENSIS, (PONCTUATION PAR DEUX SAUTOIRS SUPERPOSÉS).

Obverse description : Champ écartelé, aux 1 et 4 de France, aux 2 et 3 de Dauphiné.

Obverse translation : (Louis, Dauphin du Viennois).

Reverse

Reverse legend : (LIS) XPCX VINCITX XPCX REGNATX XPCX INPERAT.

Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée cantonnée aux 1 et 4 d'un lis, aux 2 et 3 d'un dauphin.

Reverse translation : (Le Christ vainc, le Christ règne, le Christ [commande]).

Historical background

DAUPHINÉ - DAUPHINS OF VIENNOIS - LOUIS II

(1440-1456)

Louis (1423-1483) is the eldest son of Charles VII and Marie d'Anjou. Charles had kept the Dauphiné as King until 1440 when Louis received it. To thank his father, the latter plots against him by joining the revolt of the princes which will end in their submissions with the signing of the act of Cusset. Louis married in 1436 Marguerite of Scotland who died in 1445 without having given him a child. Louis was sent into exile in Dauphiné in 1447. Remarried with Charlotte of Savoy in 1451, Louis had to flee from Dauphiné in 1456 to take refuge with Philippe le Bon, Duke of Burgundy. In August 1457, Dauphiné was attached to the royal domain. Louis succeeded his father in 1461.

DAUPHINÉ - DAUPHINS OF VIENNOIS - LOUIS II Petit blanc XF/VF

400.00 €

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